Half of Lusignan is over 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns
6.6% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households headed by a retired person: 40% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Lusignan had 2,544 residents in 1,200 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households in social housing at 7.4% in the town.
Throughout this page, the Vienne median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Lusignan
An older town
Half of Lusignan’s residents are under 51.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 170 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lusignan changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 89% of compared French towns: 32%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lusignan 51.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.2% in Lusignan. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 20% in Lusignan, less than in 75% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
38% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2 people.
Lusignan: 12% of homes stand empty, above 88% of compared French towns
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
In the last two years, 11% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Lusignan has fewer flats than 86% of compared French towns, at 10%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car tops 58% of compared French towns: 12%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,330 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,330 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns. 15.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Lusignan ranks below 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 7.1%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
For Lusignan, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Lusignan, 2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
By its share of single residents (24%), Lusignan is below 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Lusignan ranks below 77% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of adults with no qualification is 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Lusignan is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lusignan | 51.7 | 32% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Rouillé 2,533 · 4.2 mi | 42.6 | 22% | 2.9% | 2% |
| Vivonne 4,550 · 6.7 mi | 41 | 21% | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Boivre-la-Vallée 3,024 · 7.8 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 3.1% | 1.8% |
| Valence-en-Poitou 4,325 · 9.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
| Iteuil 2,989 · 9.5 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 2% | 2.3% |
| Fontaine-le-Comte 3,972 · 9.7 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Lusignan
What is the population of Lusignan?
2,544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,631).
How old are Lusignan’s residents?
The median age is 51.7, older than 88% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lusignan?
35, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lusignan?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lusignan?
€24,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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